Mademoiselle

I love birthday parties especially when there is something big to celebrate like being 25 years old, I remember mine as if it were yesterday, well it practically was.  I’ve dusted off my best frock, bought some jazzy heels and had my mane made as blond as it can physically get without falling out.  This is not just any old birthday party, it’s 25 years of London Fashion Week (just a tad younger than moi) and everybody is in town.  I spied most of the American press yesterday who have probably flown in for Burberry tomorrow, which reminds me, what am I going to wear to the Burberry party?  Outfit hunting must take priority today, well that and the million shows and presentations I have toattend. London has really ramped up the fashion action over the past two days, really raised it’s game in terms of creativity. Somerset House is the perfect venue for a birthday party, all super luxe and with a touch of the Louvre about it. Tres chic.  Danielle Scutt’s latest show was probably the best the designer has produced.  The hair was quite a spectacle, sort of poodle parlour meets Alaia. I snapped the hairdressers backstage trying to remove some pom pom hair attachments with a hacksaw.  The model didn’t look impressed.

Speaking of models, my girl crush Coco Rocha walked for Nicole Fahri yesterday, it’s so nice to see the supers in town, can’t wait to see who the Burberry have walking in their show tomorrow evening. The Louise Goldin collection looked good enough to eat.  The designer broke free of the more obvious side of body con and showed a collection that may have been inspired by the colours of ice cream.  Lilacs, lemons and blush has never looked so right on a runway and thankfully signal a return to a softer silhouette and look.

I’m so over the wide shoulder thing now. It’s looks so hard edged, unless worn by Joan Collins as she probably invented the wide shoulder thing before any of us were born.  Considering I wasn’t going out last night I am surprised at the hour I got home, I blame Mulberry, them and their hilarious fair ground theme party.  Claridges was festooned with pretty balloons last night in the manner of a five year olds birthday; Claridges did kitsch in a big way.  There was a dip for the duck competition where the prize was an oversized cheetah print patent Bayswater.  There were Dj’s, candy floss, mini burgers, static fairground horses, it was quite the sensory overload, as for the cocktails, well my head hurts and there’s Luella, Marios and Christopher Kane today so had better break out the eye cream and the Nurofen Plus.  Follow me on IamMademoiselle@twitter.com for frequent updates.